Good day everyone!
This week we were asked to rate ourselves in the physical, spiritual, and psychological areas on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. As of lately, I would have to say my scores in these areas are lower than they used to be. Currently I would rate them as:
Physical = 5
Spiritual = 4
Psychological = 6
For me to improve these areas I need to be able to remove the activities of my children and their friends (they are riff-raff) so I can get back to a less stressful way of life. Also, I need to introduce more stress reliving activities such as the relaxation exercises I performed the last couple of weeks in my health and wellness class.
My goals are to try to take my life back and set boundaries for my children and their friends and to make time for the relaxation exercises even when my class is over where I am learning about them is over. I would like to commit to the relaxation exercises, learn to be disciplined to try to be less negative, and to find more quiet and alone time for my sanity!
This week we covered a relaxation exercise, the Rainbow Meditation, which uses colors of a prism to identify with being grounded, centered, being loved, being able to love, having a meaningful purpose, having balance, and being connected.
Personally I didn't like this one as much as the one before from last week, but once I was able to get through the exercise without a houseful of riff-raff distracting my efforts (interrupted on 4 previous attempts) I was able to relax. I did feel all of these things for a bit., but I believe it would have gone better if I could have just had the successful 1st attempt. I might have done the 5th attempt to soon after being interrupted the two times before it.
Well I'm out for now and can't wait to see what my classmates thought of this exercise.
Elicia
Elicia,
ReplyDeleteThese relaxation exercises wear me out to be honest...I get really irritated by the voice...but to be put on display (so to speak) with the windows and colors...I guess I just have a really difficult time allowing myself time to relax...I have a way of relaxing that takes me back to nature and in my minds eye I can see the colors, the stress melts away, and just an over all calmness to my mind.
Jeni,
DeleteI too can find the voice hard to get past, especially when I had to keep starting over the exercise. Thinking of the colors though does seem to be relaxing when you think of them flashing or reflecting.
Elicia
Elicia,
ReplyDeleteI have come to learn that knowing where we want to be, where we are and charting a way forward is the first step towards achieving the goal. I do not know how many kids you have but I know that kids can drain off our lives and time is one of the main casualties. However, having a little 'me' time and do some relaxation may make a big difference in your life and mine too.
David,
DeleteI have two boys, one who is an adult just this past May and another who is going to be 15 this month. It has been quite stressful the last two days and I have not had the time to do homework even because of issues with the kids. Behavior issues and/or mental health and wellness of my kids has taken top priority for the last two days because I am needing to address things to get my well being and hopefully theirs better.
Elicia
Personally I really really dislike the relaxation techniques. I'm trying really hard (maybe too hard) and I just don't enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, I love feeling relaxed, but I go about relaxing in a completely different way than meditating. I can't even complain about life right now because everything is going really well, and then the moment comes when I have to hit play on the little relaxation audio. Ugh! Not to be a downer, I'm certainly glad that it works for some, and I hope by the end of the term, I have been able to successfully relax with at least one of the audios, but as of now, I'm just not feeling it!
ReplyDeleteHi Elicia,
ReplyDeleteGreat post and I congratulate you for trying to meditate with a house full of kids! I did find the exercise to be relaxing, but not as effective personally to me. It was hard to visualize the colors. Take care,
Robin
Elicia,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you I found the first one to be much more helpful but I too had lots of trouble concentrating hopefully I will be better able to focus if I can get my throat to stop being so weird.